Background & Purpose
Exploration of Launch Trends
- Total Number of Launches Historically by Country (Map)
- Total Number of Global Launches Over Time by Private/State Classification
- Total Number of US Launches Over Time by Private/State Classification
Monday, November 09, 2020
Background & Purpose
Exploration of Launch Trends
Over the past century in the United States, space operations have typically been planned, organized, and executed by government entities.
Paradigm shift in the United States (US) as a result of:
Goal of Briefing: To explore global & national launch trends over the years.
The data used for this exercise are two Kaggle datasets, which are as follows:
| Country of Launch | Numuber Of Ops | Country Code | Latitude (deg) | Longitude (deg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 1398 | RU | 61.52401 | 105.318756 |
| United States | 1351 | US | 37.09024 | -95.712891 |
| Kazakhstan | 701 | KZ | 48.01957 | 66.923684 |
| France | 303 | FR | 46.22764 | 2.213749 |
| China | 269 | CN | 35.86166 | 104.195397 |
| Japan | 126 | JP | 36.20482 | 138.252924 |
Judging from the numbers, space exploration has always been important to many countries historically.
State operated launches were predominate in the earlier years; however, commercial/private operated launches are increasing in the later years.
New innovations are rapidly ushering in an unprecedented day of space operations and making it accessible to more people worldwide.